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Title: First Louisiana Shrimp Season Since BP Oil Spill Starts
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Agence France-Presse
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/First_ ... imp_season_since_08162010.html
Published: Aug 16, 2010
Author: Agence France-Presse
Post Date: 2010-08-16 13:38:22 by Brian S
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Louisiana's first shrimping season since the BP oil disaster spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico got underway Monday, but few boats took to the water and the ones that did found oil, a major shrimp wholesaler said. "We got four boats that went out -- out of 1,400 -- and I'm hearing they're finding oil," Dean Blanchard, the largest shrimp wholesaler in the United States told AFP by phone from Grand Isle, Louisiana. "They drag, they find oil, they throw the stuff back in, and they're looking for cleaner waters," he said. The Louisiana commission of wildlife and fisheries announced that the August shrimp season would open on schedule Monday after several government agencies gave most of the state's fishing grounds a clean bill of health, Ewell Smith, executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion Board said. "NOAA, FDA, EPA -- all those groups have given us a clean bill of health as far as the waters that are open," said Smith, referring to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. "Nearly all state waters are open -- we're close to 90 percent open including part of Barataria Bay," a key shrimping ground, Smith added. Blanchard said he had heard reports that only around 50 boats out of Louisiana's fleet of around 5,000 had taken to sea for the start of the four-month shrimping season, but it was impossible to confirm the number. Many Louisiana fishermen were still working on the clean-up effort, for which they get paid by BP, whose rig sparked the worst environmental disaster in US history when it blew up in April and sank to the sea floor, hemorrhaging crude for more than 100 days. The well was capped early this month, but scientists have warned that the effects of the oil that gushed from it and the dispersant used to break up the slick could contaminate Gulf seafood for years. "Oil can release hydrogen sulfide gas and contains traces of heavy metals as well as nonvolatile polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that can contaminate the food chain," Drs Sarah Janssen and Gina Solomon wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons include "probable carcinogens" and can accumulate for years in invertebrates such as oysters, crab and shrimp, the signature seafood of the Gulf of Mexico, they warned. Nearly three-quarters of US wild shrimp come from the Gulf of Mexico, which is also a major US crab fishery and oyster ground.
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Kent Wells, the star of the BP "Technical" McBriefing's, where no technical data is provided, and only few questions are taken (notice I didn't say answered), has been AWOL since his last appearance 6 days ago.
Kent Wells is AWOL? I hope he doesn't meet the Matt Simmons destiny.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
INDEED!!!
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
I hope he doesn't meet the Matt Simmons destiny. I'm REALLY HAPPY!!! 8D No Depression. No history of cardiovascular problems. And I can swim in a hot tub. RedEyedTreeFrog | August 16, 2010 6:34 PM | Reply I am obsessed with checking the news websites every day for BP stories. Today -- BP wasn't mentioned on CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Financial Times, Houston Chronicle or NPR. The media is bored with this. I understand that planes are crashing, and Pakistan is flooding, and Zha Zha Gabor is on her death bed, and Angelina Jolie is probably adopting another baby from Ghana -- but COME ON!!!!!!! And thus, we have a nation of people who believe that everything is hunky dory down in the Gulf. Lovely. "Shit Creek?,"The Thadmiral replied when queried. "Not sure if we have any response teams operating there. But if we're not there now, you can rest assured we soon will be." [/satire]
Note AKA: Brian S gets upset when ever pedophiles get caught.
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Get lost, you obsessed kook.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
Get lost, you obsessed kook. There's a herding principle here. Comfort. The problem is that in the herd the grass has been trampled. Water muddied. So... these critters HAVE to come out to the edge every once in a while for survival. Then they meet us and reality. ;}
So, to Update: US Gov't lying. As is bp of course. Monkeyfister has a 17 point timeline of Epic Fail. But the well is still leaking, now out of a very energetic leak on the bottom flange seal on the FelxJoint. There is still pressure on the BOP because you can't have leaks without pressure. Plugged wells don't LEAK! 17. BP says they're going to get some pressure readings off the BOP after venting to see if they can establish flow up the annulus... or something. No one can figure out what the hell they're talking about here and they don't elaborate beyond Thad Allen blubbering a bunch of stuff NO ONE understands.... They freeze off their chokes atop the Capping Stack by flowing hydrocarbons through them with a very large pressure drop. ALL feeds showing anything that is going on are blacked out. After promising to release data, BP and Thad Allen... don't...Bob Cavnar picks up the timeline: Today, the Admiral admitted that there were three components in the the BOP stack that are of concern; we know which ones those are, since we've been talking about them for over a month. The weak components are: the flex joint, right on top of the old stack, the riser adapter, and what they call the transition spool are all rated below the other components in the stack, between 5,000 psi to 6,000 psi maximum working pressure. In each of these procedures that BP has undertaken, the top kill, the well integrity test, the injectivity tests, and static kill, the pressures that BP announced actually exceeded the rated pressures of at least one of those components. After performing all of these machinations, they are now suddenly concerned about pressure on the BOP, and are actually talking about changing out the entire stack before completing the bottom kill. What? Much more at the link. Why, oh why, am I so bitter?
As oil is now on the bottom of the GoM within 40 miles of Florida. Which means it's from LA to FL. The next Cat 3/5's will pull that oil into shore. For Decades. As Ecocide of the Gulf continues apace. Evac now.
Top Scientists vs. Feds: Up to 80 PERCENT of BP’s crude remains in Gulf — Submerged oil can’t evaporate August 17th, 2010 at 04:42 AM Print Post Email Post Coming to a Gulf Coastline near you. Nothing's been fixed, bp's talking about removing the BOP now. Millions will die.
Very few truly understand that, where it concerns the continuation of the HYDROCARBON FUEL PARADIGM, the fate of humankind now lies precariously in the balance. That's correct – the future of the planet is in jeopardy where it concerns GAIA's ability to maintain a necessary biosphere that is fit for human life to live and prosper. We already know that the quality of life all over this once pristine and beautiful orb has deteriorated beyond thresholds which will ensure the premature death for millions of inhabitants. As it will also promote an exponential proliferation of disease and illness, epidemics and syndromes, debility and ailments of every kind throughout the global population.
I hope he doesn't meet the Matt Simmons destiny. None of these yoyo's are gonna get out of this alive. Dragon King. Epic Fail. The ONLY good thing is that their ability to destroy lessens with each passing day. And they'll have seconds to realize their peril. It Was A Failure... I am waiting for the audio and transcripts to post from today's briefing from the Thadmiral, but he said three things today that spell-out Mudding/Cement failure. 1. There is a "gap" in the Well Column causing loss of pressure, and resulting in the fizzing we've seen at the seabed. 2. The remedy is to either remove the BOP, or wait seven days to build a pressure relief contraption. 3. Relief Wells (remember the Relief Wells?) are suspended until BP totally fucks-up everything exhausts the next string of bullshit fixes they like to pull out of their asses with no real thought. Thadmiral(on the edge of aneurism) explains the seabed "fizzing": http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com/
The Thadmiral says we've got two choices: Wait for them to disengage the BOP from the DD2 RW site (which they had started to do waaaay back when), or wait at least a week for the BP Brain Trust and Clown College to knock-together some new contraption to attach to the Leaning Tower of BOPStack. I don't imagine that any of the BP Thinkers play chess. Whatever happened to Obama's Super-Duper Area 51/Skunk Works SHART POTEMKIN UNCLE JASON Team? Didn't think anyone would bring these guys up . . . London Times: Secret Report by Black Operations Group "The Jasons" Warned Leaders of Catastrophic Climate Crisis Ref - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4690900.ece At the highest levels of the U.S. government, officials pondered whether global warming was a new threat to civilisation. They turned for advice to elite special forces of the scientific world – a shadowy organisation known as Jason. Even today few people have heard of Jason. It was established in 1960 at the height of the cold war when a group of physicists who had helped to develop the atomic bomb. In 1979 they produced their report: coded JSR-78-07 entitled The Long Term Impact of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Climate. Now, with the benefit of hind-sight, it is remarkable how prescient it was. Right on the first page, the Jasons predicted that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would double from preindustrial levels by about 2035. Nor were the Jasons frightened of drawing the obvious conclusions for civilisation: the cause for concern was clear when one noted "the fragility of the world’s crop-producing capacity, particularly in those areas where small alterations can bring about major changes . . ."
Thanks, I'd not heard of them until now - The Jasons.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
# # ADVISING GOVERNMENT: DARPA and Jason Divorce in Spat Over ... by A Finkbeiner - 2002 Last week the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that over the winter it had ended its sponsorship of the group, known as Jason. ... www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/295/5564/2340 And plug in Dynegy just 'purchased by Blackrock. The problem with these guys is the MEME. The Interface is ALWAYS Complexity requiring ever more power sources. Like putting the Cosmos on a computer. what's the point? ;}
Reporters were banned, no TV video permitted. "So....only the White House photographer was allowed to capture proceedings. The official picture was intended to provide evidence that the region's beaches are back to normal." False. A dangerously toxic oil/dispersant brew contaminates much, perhaps the entire Gulf. It's poisoned and potentially lethal for decades, maybe generations. Nothing in it should be ingested. Millions in the region are at risk. No one should swim in coastal waters or eat any Gulf seafood. Responsible officials should ban it. Instead the all-clear's been given. Obama, his officials, and BP executives are criminally liable. So are state governors, coastal mayors, and regional health authorities. Area residents with children should leave. Tourists should avoid the region. A growing catastrophe will continue for decades, including a silent epidemic of cancers and other diseases, as well as lives and livelihoods lost. That's the major media's unreported reality, worsening, not improving daily. Stephen Lendman Just like I've said. And the next Cat3/5 will show the world.
NOLA: "Typically the fall season, known as the white shrimp season, gets off to a slower start than the spring season, known as the brown shrimp season. There's a spike at the beginning that usually tapers off, but the bulk of the crop comes later in September and October, when the first cold fronts and north winds churn up the shrimp from the sea bottom. The white season often yields bigger shrimp and better prices for fishers, making it all the more crucial during a year that has already been cut in half by the BP oil spill." "but the bulk of the crop comes later in September and October, when the first cold fronts and north winds churn up the shrimp from the sea bottom." And Anything else down there. ;}
I've made reservations in New Orleans for the end of Sept and the first two days in Oct for that annual convention I've been attending. I'll be driving Miss Daisy - a 90-year-young WW2 spouse.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
Don't know where that 550bls of cement they pumped went, but it wasn't down the high pressure leak path. It followed the path of least resistance to somewhere where it is doing NOTHING to stop the leak. Another day, another xxxx bls of oil leaking into the GOM! Since they're afraid to drill the last 3' on the new well, the only option is to nuke it, but the odds of that stopping the leak are slim to none. Basically, they're paralyzed with fear and just letting her spew. hObama's a bungling boob! Or is he? That's the most charitable assessment.
Why thank you. very accurate assessment. If they're afraid of a 'nuke', then shaped charges, where solids move like fluids. BigOil the #1 user of same. Long history. Very Precise. Kinda like IED's in Iraq. Add Depleted Uranium and you can shape an inches wide penetration thru the most hardened armor. OR use BOTH RW's to just go ahead and produce the field. Go strait into the Macondo and start sucking for all it's worth. That wouldn't last 6 months before they have to start injecting water/nitrogen INTO the field. No, the Bottom 95% have Zero Say now. The Battle Orders have been issued. Lock and Load. The MSM has a Fall Campaign all ready to go, complete with glitzy video arrays. Time's up:
Note the Cordoba House. Can ANYONE think of anything more stupid for the MSM to spend 24/7 time on: Let me begin by asking: What harm would befall the United States if we actually decided, against all odds, to close those hundreds and hundreds of bases, large and small, that we garrison around the world? What if we actually dismantled our empire, and came home? Would Genghis Khan-like hordes descend on us? Not likely. Neither a land nor a sea invasion of the U.S. is even conceivable. Would 9/11-type attacks accelerate? It seems far likelier to me that, as our overseas profile shrank, the possibility of such attacks would shrink with it. Would various countries we've invaded, sometimes occupied, and tried to set on the path of righteousness and democracy decline into "failed states?" Probably some would, and preventing or controlling this should be the function of the United Nations or of neighboring states. (It is well to remember that the murderous Cambodian regime of Pol Pot was finally brought to an end not by us, but by neighboring Vietnam.) Sagging Empire In other words, the main fears you might hear in Washington -- if anyone even bothered to wonder what would happen, should we begin to dismantle our empire -- would prove but chimeras. They would, in fact, be remarkably similar to Washington's dire predictions in the 1970s about states all over Asia, then Africa, and beyond falling, like so many dominoes, to communist domination if we did not win the war in Vietnam. The Guns of August Lowering the flag on the American Century by Chalmers Johnson In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of August. It went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. She was, of course, looking back at events that had occurred almost 50 years earlier and had at her disposal documents and information not available to participants. They were acting, as Vietnam-era Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara put it, in the fog of war.
DEEPWATER HORIZON Could you GET a better NAME for the Dragon King Disaster marking our Entry into the Olduvai Gorge. The Epic Movie to be made will start with that Cokes&Whores Party of bp Exacs arriving on the DHZ. You know the thrilling Bruckheimer/John Williams Score. The Perfect Kill Shot on the Most Strategic Asset of the United States of America.
The Orange Season. Good Luck. Maybe in 5/10 years. Right now, the places I would be going. there would be too much pain. Like I just saw up close my Bay St Louis. Washington's Blog Aug 16, 2010 ... It was like mosquito spray, but ten times stronger. ..... On August 13, Truthout visited Pass Christian Harbor in Mississippi. ..... well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given. ... georgewashington2.blogspot.com/ And I know EXACTLY what mosquito spray smells like. 8D
I've been through most of the lower 48, but never to NOLA. I'm looking forward to it even though Fair Grounds racing will end the week prior to my arrival. I'm trying to visit race tracks during my journeys - I only caught the horse racing bug 5 years ago, so I've got to make up for lost time.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
8D Since I was 17. And studied every book. The State Newspaper even had the Best Handicappers in the Nation. Moss, who went onto Churchill Downs and Networks along with my favorite jockeys like Pat Day, Mike Smith, and what's that other guy's name, oh yeah, Calvin Borel(;}). Feeding the Horses. I now do something I can win at, like Blackjack. 8D
Best looking transvestites I've ever seen. ;} Napolean Ave, Uptown. Just All up and down it. Bars(Fat Harry's), Restaurants(Pascal's Manale), best hamburgers(across from the hospital, best donuts(2 AM hot and fresh from behind a bullet proof plexiglass;}. And then the Party starts. 8D
I'll mark this info for quick recall next month. My memory needs assistance sometimes, especially when I'm going someplace for the first time - no point of reference. Thanx!
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
The Royal Sonesta, the Royal Orleans, the Monteleone, W. The Roosevelt supposedly the best of the hotels. But you'll pay. Ramada and Howard Johnsons across from City Hall. Then take the Street Car uptown to Napolean. The Car driver, or soneone on the car will tell you when to get off.
I glanced at their public transport system; at least they have one.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
Mcclown, when is the fookin evacuation commencing? You useless POS!
And they could easily have one of the best. NOLA.com New Orleans Public Belt Railroad makes 'dramatic' policy changes46; - 9 hours ago A century-old state-chartered agency, the Public Belt oversees tracks that stretch across the Huey P. Long Bridge, through the Port of New Orleans and on to ... NOLA.com - 7 related articles » New Orleans Public Belt Railroad - - Huey P. Long A little known fact is that the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad owns the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana. ... www.nopb.com/nopb/about-us/huey-p.-long.html - Cached - Similar
And btw, if anything, the DHZ situation is getting worse.
How do you know? Is there a news blackout on it?
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
there a news blackout on it. Weird pics from ROV's. Weird news on BOP's(Replace. Get RW II's and bring it in. New BOP being brought in). Just one new story after the next. Same with RW I. It's suspended. Working. Suspended....
The old timeline had the relief wells completed by August 15th. We're past that now. I sense they are trying to hide something.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
* August 11, 2010 6:11 am * By Ann Zimmerman WSJ Original Article Containment-boom makers and their vendors that ramped up supply for BP PLC after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill say the company suddenly stopped accepting deliveries weeks ago, leaving them with millions of dollars in unused product. Several makers of the vinyl protective sheaths known as boom and their suppliers say they are deeply in debt and have been forced to lay off workers and delay payment to vendors. While James Carville, Doug Kennedy(Two LA Men;} are calling NOAA liars on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/08/18/ac.how.much.oil.left.cnn BTW, at the end, Carville is describing a dish at Commander's Palace(though he doesn't say it;}. Another fine NO eating establishment. 8D
Thadmiral is waffling.... Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man on the spill, said Wednesday he has no timeline for ordering the completion of the relief well despite earlier plans to finish it by early to mid-August. Stormy weather and questions of how to mitigate potential risks in the procedure make it hard to set a firm date, he told reporters. "Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man on the spill, said Wednesday he has no timeline for ordering the completion of the relief well despite earlier plans to finish it by early to mid-August. Stormy weather and questions of how to mitigate potential risks in the procedure make it hard to set a firm date, he told reporters. Feds delay completion of relief well until MID-SEPTEMBER, “HOPEFULLY… HOPEFULLY” — Looking for problematic “MATERIAL” in well (VIDEO) August 19th, 2010 at 09:58 AM National Incident Commander Thad Allen on American Morning, CNN, August 19, 2010: Rush Transcript Summary Flushing out current BOP, looking for material that might pose a problem. (Like MUD and Cement? 8D) Move to put a new BOP on. Then do the bottom kill. If everything lines up we should be looking at the week after labor day… hopefully… . . . And Everday is like a Brand New What the Fuck. And like Carville said on that CNN tape, 'No one down here has turned a page. We don't believe them (NOAA and bp) and we're not backing away until the last drop of oil is gone.' As bp is destroyed with that happening, Carville just declared war on the US/bp. Even if he doesn't realize it. ;} # Spike Lee: “I really think that THIS IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT THE DOWNFALL of the United States of America”, it’s all about greed — “The BP’s been running things” (VIDEO) http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/
What the heck??? Thursday, August 19, 2010 BP (NYSE:BP) Oil Orders A New Blowout Preventer BP (NYSE:BP) oil is bringing in a new blowout preventer for the well. The company is waiting to hear from U.S. officials for instructions on how to proceed. Thad Allen, National Incident Commander is the one who ordered the new piece. U.S. officials put a halt to the bottom kill procedure. The primary concern is that the 1,000 barrels of oil currently trapped in the well could leak. The well was finally sealed July 15th, but not before spewing 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf region. "Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
That's putting it mildly.
"Lets [sic] rent a room." ~ Jethro Tull to Rotara
BP (NYSE:BP) Oil Orders A New Blowout Preventer EXACTLY. WTF!? And why isn't this Breaking news on TV Cable? Oh. It's the 'end of the Iraq Invasion(but not really)' story. An aside: It takes the Financial Channels a Day to report a key reversal in the stox markets. Last I looked, up .50%. Now down 1.25% But let's talk about Facebook. This is so bad.
#35. To: mcgowanjm (#34)
#36. To: Fred Mertz, A K A Stone (#25)
You would be a great judge of lunacy.
#37. To: Fred Mertz (#35)
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Kent Wells is AWOL?
#38. To: Brian S, A K A Stone (#36)
Toss: ADL,CAIR and the Vatican into the pit they belong in.
#39. To: WhiteSands (#38)
#40. To: Fred Mertz (#39)
To: WhiteSands
#41. To: Fred Mertz, All (#40)
#42. To: All (#41)
#43. To: All (#42)
#44. To: Parrot with speed dial (#31)
#45. To: Fred Mertz (#35)
Kent Wells is AWOL?
#46. To: All (#45)
#47. To: mcgowanjm (#46)
They turned for advice to elite special forces of the scientific world – a shadowy organisation known as Jason. Even today few people have heard of Jason.
#48. To: Fred Mertz (#47)
#49. To: Fred Mertz (#47)
#50. To: Fred Mertz (#47)
#51. To: mcgowanjm (#50)
#52. To: mcgowanjm (#41)
the well is still leaking, now out of a very energetic leak on the bottom flange seal on the FelxJoint.
#53. To: hondo68 (#52)
Since they're afraid to drill the last 3' on the new well, the only option is to nuke it, but the odds of that stopping the leak are slim to none.
#54. To: All (#53)
#55. To: All (#54)
#56. To: Fred Mertz (#51)
I've made reservations in New Orleans for the end of Sept and the first two days in Oct for that annual convention I've been attending. I'll be driving Miss Daisy - a 90-year-young WW2 spouse.
#57. To: mcgowanjm (#56)
#58. To: Fred Mertz (#57)
I only caught the horse racing bug 5 years ago, so I've got to make up for lost time.
#59. To: Fred Mertz (#57)
I've been through most of the lower 48, but never to NOLA.
#60. To: mcgowanjm, Fred Mertz (#59)
#61. To: Fred Mertz (#60)
#62. To: mcgowanjm (#61)
#63. To: mcgowanjm (#54)
Sagging Empire
#64. To: Fred Mertz (#62)
I glanced at their public transport system; at least they have one.
#65. To: All (#64)
#66. To: mcgowanjm (#65)
#67. To: Fred Mertz (#66)
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How do you know? Is there a news blackout on it?
#68. To: mcgowanjm (#67)
#69. To: Fred Mertz (#68)
The old timeline had the relief wells completed by August 15th. We're past that now. I sense they are trying to hide something.
#70. To: mcgowanjm (#69)
#71. To: Fred Mertz (#70)
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Thadmiral is waffling....
#72. To: mcgowanjm (#69)
#73. To: mcgowanjm (#71)
And Everyday is like a Brand New What the Fuck.
#74. To: Fred Mertz (#72)
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